Spray Foam Insulation in Hutchinson, KS

Spray foam insulation in Hutchinson covers more than 150 years of building. The city was founded in 1871 when C.C. Hutchinson contracted with the Santa Fe Railway to build a town at its crossing of the Arkansas River, and salt was discovered in 1887, giving the city its Salt City nickname. Today Hutchinson is the Reno County seat, with 40,006 residents and 18,609 housing units in 2020, 11.1 percent vacant.

The climate

Hutchinson averages about 63.4 afternoons a year above 90F and 119.5 mornings below freezing, with about 6.9 inches of snow and 32.93 inches of precipitation. Houses need to handle real heat and real cold.

Older neighborhoods

Central Hutchinson has older two-story frame houses and bungalows from the railroad and salt boom years. They tend to have small attics with thin old insulation, hollow exterior walls and basements with an exposed rim joist. Attic sealing and depth, rim joist foam and dense-packed walls are the usual plan.

Ranch homes

Mid-century and later ranch homes across town usually have basements and simple attics. Sealing the attic and topping up, plus foam on the rim, covers most of what they need.

State Fair town

Hutchinson gave the state the land for the Kansas State Fairgrounds in 1913, and the fair has been held here ever since. Plenty of local shops and storage buildings, from steel garages to workshops, benefit from foam on the steel.

Comparing insulation companies

When you get quotes from spray foam insulation contractors in Hutchinson, ask each one to list air sealing, material, depth or thickness, target R-value and price for every area. Bids written that way are easy to compare, and they tell you exactly what you are paying for.

Code

Reno County is in Climate Zone 4A. Kansas has no adopted statewide residential energy code; check city rules for new work. ENERGY STAR suggests R-60 for an uninsulated Zone 4A attic. Get a free estimate